Where does “overencumbrance” come from?
overencumbrance (English) comes from English encumbrance, from Middle English encombraunce, from Old French encombrance, from Old French encombrer, from Old French combre, from Medieval Latin combrus, from Gaulish komberū, from Proto-Celtic kombereti — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
overencumbrance (English): An excessive encumbrance
Definitions
- An excessive encumbrance
Ancestry of “overencumbrance”, step by step
overencumbrance traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English encumbrance
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | encumbrance | Something that encumbers; a burden that must be... |
| 2 | Middle English | encombraunce | — |
| 3 | Old French | encombrance | — |
| 4 | Old French | encombrer | to bother; to irritate; to annoy; to burden |
| 5 | Old French | combre | wooden obstacles on a river; dam; hindrance,... |
| 6 | Medieval Latin | combrus | barricade of felled trees; barricade |
| 7 | Gaulish | komberū | — |
| 8 | Proto-Celtic | kombereti | to bring together |
| 9 | Proto-Celtic | kom- | with, together |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 12 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 13 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 14 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 15 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 16 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via English over
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | over | Discontinued; ended or concluded; Thoroughly;... |
| 2 | Middle English | over | riverbank, seashore, brink |
| 3 | Old English | ōfer | riverbank, seashore, brink, edge, margin, border |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | obar | over, above |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | uber | over; over, above |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | upér | above; over |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | upó | under, below |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ewp- | — |